All right, I feel old....really old

[MaineWriter]

In a supersmart marketing ploy, the Monkees first album was released a month before the show premiered. That got all of us teen idol girls gushing and anxious and waiting for the show. I owned this album, wore a big rut in the vinyl.





1    (Theme From) The Monkees    Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
2    Saturday's Child                       David Gates
3    I Wanna Be Free                    Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
4    Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day    Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet
5    Papa Gene's Blues                    Michael Nesmith
6    Take A Giant Step                   Gerry Goffin and Carole King
7    Last Train To Clarksville             Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
8    This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day    Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
9    Let's Dance On                            Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
10    I'll Be True To You                   Gerry Goffin and Russ Titelman
11    Sweet Young Thing               Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Michael Nesmith
12    Gonna Buy Me A Dog               Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

 

[MaineWriter]

Think how Stephen Stills must feel--he auditioned for a role on that show and didn't make it!

Did he? The way I heard the story is that he suggested to his friend Peter Tork (real name Thorkelson) to audition and Peter did get picked.

L

[souxi]

Thanks a lot Leslie lol. I used to watch the monkies every saturday morning on the telly, AND banana splits too. And ok, if you really really want to feel old, how about Skippy the bush kangaroo? and Casey Jones. OH and lets not forget, good old Champion the wonder horse..lol. I cant be that old, I just cant. gawd. lol.

[MaineWriter]

All right, trivia time. Who can name all four Monkees?

The one who wore the hat all the time...what did his mother do?

L

[serious crayons]

Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 12, 2006, 06:07:31 pm
Think how Stephen Stills must feel--he auditioned for a role on that show and didn't make it!

Did he? The way I heard the story is that he suggested to his friend Peter Tork (real name Thorkelson) to audition and Peter did get picked.

You are both right! I interviewed Peter Tork a couple of years ago. Here's what he said:

He moved to New York and played guitar in Greenwich Village coffee shops. One day his friend Stephen Stills (later of Crosby, Stills and Nash) mentioned that he’d auditioned for a sitcom about a rock band.
   “Stills was turned down … he was told his hair and teeth wouldn’t work for television,” Tork said. “They asked if he knew anybody who looked like him whose hair and teeth were in order, and he called me.”

Peter Tork was fantastic, by the way. Friendly, funny, relaxed, intelligent, candid (for example, he told me the Monkees never hung out together socially -- they were just coworkers) ... I interviewed him by phone, only for maybe an hour and a half or so. Still, one of my most fondly remembered interviews (I've done hundreds, if not thousands). I would have liked to meet him in person. Judging from the photo on his website, he's still pretty cute!

All right, trivia time. Who can name all four Monkees?

The one who wore the hat all the time...what did his mother do?

The first one is way too easy for me. I'll leave it to someone who can't recite them in his/her sleep.

His mother invented liquid paper. And I've often heard that he, incidentally, is one of the fathers of the modern music video (I'm not sure why they say that exactly, but they do).

[MaineWriter]

Lat,

Thanks for that interesting information! Peter Tork is still making music, actually, and will be here in Maine this weekend. He was on TV last night which got me started on this whole Monkees thing in the first place.

Yes, Michael Nesmith's mom invented liquid paper, or whiteout. And yes, I have also heard that he had some major role in the development of music videos but I don't have time right now to track down any facts. Anyone else?

Leslie

[delalluvia]

All right, trivia time. Who can name all four Monkees?

The one who wore the hat all the time...what did his mother do?

L

Mike Nesmith - Michael wore the hat was an excellent musician, became a powerful music producer, didn't know his mother invented liquid paper.  That's a new one.
Peter Tork
Mickey Dolenz
Davy Jones

[serious crayons]

I think they all had some music background -- some more than others, maybe -- but despite that it's not them singing or playing on most of their songs, especially the early ones.

[CellarDweller]

I remember seeing the Monkees TV show in reruns. 


Leslie, I can understand.....I remember talking to someone younger than me about the 80s pop group Exposé and the reply was "Who"?

So I showed them this video....


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV32AlaqMFs[/youtube]


They replied, "Never heard of them, but I know the song." and then they showed me this....



[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfnSqImgAcc&feature=PlayList&p=F45D07762383E45C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6[/youtube]


Kids Inc.? ? ? ?   LOL

[Dobie1018]

I used to LOVE the Monkees!  They were my absolute favorite group, and I loved their TV show.  I used to cry whenever it was pre-empted for some reason.  My favorite Monkee was Peter.  They were all so cool!  I saw them twice in concert in the 80's when 3 of them were touring - Davey, Peter & Mickey.